"In 2007, the Australian performance artist Stelarc started growing an extra ear on his left arm through a series of operations that are still ongoing. The ear is actually made up of his own stem cells woven into a biodegradable frame. Eventually a Bluetooth device will be inserted and Stelarc will be able to hear and communicate through it."
That's crazy!!!
Do you consider this a merging of Art && science ??
It seems a little more like science to me.
Science fiction maybe? How is he going to hear and communicate through it? Sounds a bit more complicated than what they say here. Were there pictures associated with it?
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of when they started growing human ears on the backs of mice... which reminds me of the glow-in-the-dark rabbits that happened at some point, too. It's also interesting to think about this project with respect to our rapid trend toward biometrics and data and what implications and uses this may have for education.
ReplyDelete-Ellen